Eating your childs leftovers

Apryl546

No one told me how hard it would be to break that 2.5 year habit! It's been a huge struggle to throw all that food away this week.
I cant believe im already seeing weight loss this week from portion control and not eating her leftovers.

mom22dogs

Maybe serve her less food. If she wants more, give her a little bit more. Then you won't be feeling like you are wasting food or tempted to eat it. If she always has leftovers, she doesn't need that much food.

ValerieMartini2Olives

Serve less or wrap it up for her to eat later.

tmoneyag99

What if I don't eat dinner and my dinner IS my child's left overs. Does that count as portion control. I give him what appears to be a toddler size meal but he doesn't finish it so I do. I eat, he eats all he wants/needs and food isn't wasted.

Gotrek1

That was a very hard habit for me to break as well. Dads job is eating the leftovers. That's just how it is

Now instead dads job is to put the left overs in the fridge or portion them out as lunches

mlbish624

Here's what helped me be ok with throwing away leftovers: "It's wasted in your stomach just as much as it's wasted in the garbage because you don't need the calories."

I try to save them for another time as much as I can because I HATE to waste! (My fridge is filled with half bagels with one bite out of them and my kids roll their eyes when I drag them out and trill, "Bagels for breakfast! Yum yum!")